With the Conservative Party now a shadow of its former self, Broadstairs writer Melissa Todd looks back at how it has navigated crises over the years – and what the future could hold… As the dog returns to its vomit, though less enthusiastically, so the Conservative Party slavers over the same stale pool of potential leadership candidates: the same stinking, disgraced names. Who would you trust to pull you out of the puke—Priti Patel, former big tobacco lobbyist and opponent of same-sex marriage? Robert Jenrick, with his questionable building deals? Or maybe Kemi Badenoch, who doesn’t care abo…
